Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/16

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Subject: [Leica] The great 50/2.8 M to LTM project
From: s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)
Date: Sat Sep 16 11:06:44 2006
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The problem with LTM bodies is that they are not adjustable to .7m.  
Stick with an M3 adjusted to .7m. I had that done with mine, with my  
Elmar-M being virtually the only lens used on it.

Slobodan Dimitrov
Studio G-8,
Angels Gate Cultural Center
http://sdimitrovphoto.com





On Sep 16, 2006, at 10:25 AM, John Collier wrote:

> I was interested in the recent LTM summilux until I heard that it  
> only focuses to 1.0m.
>
> John Collier
>
> On 16-Sep-06, at 1:39 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>
>> Yep, and many of the 35mm and 50mm LTM lenses ended up languishing  
>> on dealer shelves and were finally sold off with LTM-M adapters at  
>> cut prices--that is how I bought my 50mm Summilux.
>
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